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Health Functional Food in Korea

Health Functional Food(HFF) is a food(product) manufactured(including processing) using functional ingredients that are nutritious and helpful for our body.

  • All of the health functional foods officially distributed in the domestic market are made of ingredients which have passed the meticulous evaluation of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for its safety and functionality through the strict review system with human study and animal testing. In addition all of the HFF products shall be manufactured in GMP-certified facilities.
  • For the distribution of HFF products in the market, each product is strictly controlled by the government with preliminary reviews against its advertising and health claims on the labels and also managed through the record tracking system to enhance the product's quality and provide consumers with accurate information.
  • Therefore all the HFF products approved by the government's system are required to have the proper health claims and able to make the official “Health Functional Food” mark.

Two types of usable(approved) functional ingredients for health functional foods in Korea

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notified in the Codes of Health
Functional Foods
a manufacturer can use publicly notified functional ingredient(s) for its health functional food product(s) in accordance with the standards and specifications prescribed in this Code
individually recognized by the
government
  • a business operator who wants to run the health functional food business can apply for individual recognition of functional ingredients or health functional foods
  • the business operator shall submit an application for recognition to the Minister of Food and Drug Safety with the relevant data related to its safety, functionality, and other necessary requirements
  • the business operator can use an individually recognized ingredient(s) after he/she receives the letter of recognition from the government(MFDS)

Status of Functionality Recognition(Approved functionality)

  1. 1
    • Reduction of Body Fat
    • Maintenance of Healthy Blood Triglyceride Levels
    • Maintenance of Healthy Blood Cholesterol Levels
    • Maintenance of Healthy Blood Flow
  2. 2
    • Liver Function Health
  3. 3
    • Joint & Bones Health
    • Activity-performance Ability
    • Help for Calcium Absorption
  4. 4
    • Eye Health, Tooth health
  5. 5
    • Improvement of Memory Ability
    • Improvement of Hypersensitive Skin Conditions, Skin Health
  6. 6
    • Maintenance of Healthy Blood Glucose Level
    • Maintenance of Healthy Blood Pressure Level
  7. 7
    • Gastrointestinal Health and its Function
    • Bowl Health
  8. 8
    • Enhancement of Urination Function
    • Vagina Health
    • Urinary Tract Health
    • Prostate Health, Sperm Motility

Other functionalities

  • Male Health in Menopause, Female Health in Menopause
  • Improvement of Immune Function, Relaxation, Anti-oxidative, Relieve from fatigue
  • Improvement of Quality of Sleep, Children’s Height Growth
  • Improvement of Premenstrual Condition
  • Improvement of Cognitive Ability

  • Strict Government Control & Management(Product's quality / Accurate information - Consumer trust ),‘Health Functional Food’ mark, Health Claims & AD (record tracking information of every step from manufacture to sales > recoding / managing > Record Tracking System ), Record Tracking System(record tracking information of every step from manufacture to sales > recoding / managing > Record Tracking System )
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